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Estimating locally relevant scales of effect for population trends of a species of conservation concern

Wildlife movement and distribution can be influenced by local conditions like topography and landscape features, and the distances within which species respond to their landscape – scales of effect – can vary over space and time. We are estimating scales of effect for wildlife population trends to help land managers determine the distance within which wildlife will respond to landscape change.
Estimating locally relevant scales of effect for population trends of a species of conservation concern

Estimating locally relevant scales of effect for population trends of a species of conservation concern

Wildlife movement and distribution can be influenced by local conditions like topography and landscape features, and the distances within which species respond to their landscape – scales of effect – can vary over space and time. We are estimating scales of effect for wildlife population trends to help land managers determine the distance within which wildlife will respond to landscape change.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 135 – Exotic Annual Grasses and Sheep Grazing

Eyes on Earth Episode 135 – Exotic Annual Grasses and Sheep Grazing

Invasive grasses are degrading sagebrush in western states. Can sheep help us restore these ecosystems?
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Eyes on Earth Episode 128 – 2024 EROS Fall Poster Session

Posters covered a wide range of topics as local graduate students and EROS scientists shared their work in the EROS atrium.
Eyes on Earth Episode 128 – 2024 EROS Fall Poster Session

Eyes on Earth Episode 128 – 2024 EROS Fall Poster Session

Posters covered a wide range of topics as local graduate students and EROS scientists shared their work in the EROS atrium.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 125 – The LANDFIRE Program at 20

LANDFIRE is a diverse product suite with countless uses that go beyond fire management. The program has now been providing this satellite data for 20 years.
Eyes on Earth Episode 125 – The LANDFIRE Program at 20

Eyes on Earth Episode 125 – The LANDFIRE Program at 20

LANDFIRE is a diverse product suite with countless uses that go beyond fire management. The program has now been providing this satellite data for 20 years.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 122 – EROS Interns, 2024

What can you learn during an internship at the USGS EROS Center? A lot! Several interns talk about their experience working a summer internship at EROS.
Eyes on Earth Episode 122 – EROS Interns, 2024

Eyes on Earth Episode 122 – EROS Interns, 2024

What can you learn during an internship at the USGS EROS Center? A lot! Several interns talk about their experience working a summer internship at EROS.
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Eyes on Earth Episode 68 - Tracking Mangroves by Satellite

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn what satellites can tell us about mangrove forests.
Eyes on Earth Episode 68 - Tracking Mangroves by Satellite

Eyes on Earth Episode 68 - Tracking Mangroves by Satellite

Eyes on Earth is a podcast on remote sensing, Earth observation, land change and science, brought to you by the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center. In this episode, we learn what satellites can tell us about mangrove forests.
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LCMAP Change Stories: Alabama Tornadoes

The USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection initiative aims to identify where the landscape is changing and why.
LCMAP Change Stories: Alabama Tornadoes

LCMAP Change Stories: Alabama Tornadoes

The USGS Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection initiative aims to identify where the landscape is changing and why.
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Land-Cover Modeling Methodology - The FORE-SCE Model

Many factors determine how human beings modify the earth's landscape. Land-cover change is inherently a local event, yet broader scale socioeconomic and biophysical factors also affect how humans make decisions to use the landscape. Projecting future land cover requires modelers to account for driving forces of land-cover change operating at scales from local ("bottom-up") to global ("top-down")...
Land-Cover Modeling Methodology - The FORE-SCE Model

Land-Cover Modeling Methodology - The FORE-SCE Model

Many factors determine how human beings modify the earth's landscape. Land-cover change is inherently a local event, yet broader scale socioeconomic and biophysical factors also affect how humans make decisions to use the landscape. Projecting future land cover requires modelers to account for driving forces of land-cover change operating at scales from local ("bottom-up") to global ("top-down")...
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Water Balance and Soil Moisture

Evapotranspiration (ET) rates – the combination of evaporation from soil and transpiration from plants – are powerful tools in the management of scarce water resources. Taken alone, however, those rates leave unanswered questions about water sources, questions that can offer guidance and insight on challenging decisions in areas reliant on irrigation. Researchers at EROS work to offer that insight...
Water Balance and Soil Moisture

Water Balance and Soil Moisture

Evapotranspiration (ET) rates – the combination of evaporation from soil and transpiration from plants – are powerful tools in the management of scarce water resources. Taken alone, however, those rates leave unanswered questions about water sources, questions that can offer guidance and insight on challenging decisions in areas reliant on irrigation. Researchers at EROS work to offer that insight...
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United Nations Environment Programme Global Resource Information Database (UNEP-GRID)

A planet with a changing climate and growing population forces tough decisions about the use of limited resources. Making sustainable choices in the face of global change requires an accurate cataloging of those resources. Since 1991, EROS has been the North American node for the United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Resource Information Database (UNEP-GRID), which tracks environmental...
United Nations Environment Programme Global Resource Information Database (UNEP-GRID)

United Nations Environment Programme Global Resource Information Database (UNEP-GRID)

A planet with a changing climate and growing population forces tough decisions about the use of limited resources. Making sustainable choices in the face of global change requires an accurate cataloging of those resources. Since 1991, EROS has been the North American node for the United Nations Environment Programme’s Global Resource Information Database (UNEP-GRID), which tracks environmental...
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Early Warning System for Food Security

Satellite data archived at EROS serves a critical role in the assessment of food security for FEWS NET – the Famine Early Warning System Network.
Early Warning System for Food Security

Early Warning System for Food Security

Satellite data archived at EROS serves a critical role in the assessment of food security for FEWS NET – the Famine Early Warning System Network.
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Evapotranspiration and Water Use Mapping

A planet with limited water resources needs accurate, reliable and frequently-updated tools to measure water use and plan for future needs. Scientists at EROS harness the remote sensing capabilities of satellite data to offer powerful tools that resource managers across the United States can use to gain insight into the water use needs of agricultural land, forests, and public green spaces.
Evapotranspiration and Water Use Mapping

Evapotranspiration and Water Use Mapping

A planet with limited water resources needs accurate, reliable and frequently-updated tools to measure water use and plan for future needs. Scientists at EROS harness the remote sensing capabilities of satellite data to offer powerful tools that resource managers across the United States can use to gain insight into the water use needs of agricultural land, forests, and public green spaces.
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